The Marxist has set the “ prec·e·dent “!
***I agree. An ineligible Marxist was elected and, per the 20th amendment as president elect, he QUALIFIED to be president, simply by the inaction of the SCOTUS whose job it was to do something about it (to uphold the constitution). Now an ineligible solid conservative might get elected and QUALIFIED in the same manner. The constitutional damage has already been done, by our current pResident & SCOTUS.
It is Congress, not the Supreme Court that qualified the President-Elect by certifying his Electoral votes without filing any written objections. It only takes one Representative and one Senator to file written objections to the certification of any state’s electors for the certification process to be stopped while both Houses of Congress adjourn to consider the basis for the objection and then vote on the objection.
In January, 2005 Representative Stephanie Tubbs-Jones (D-OH) and Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) filed written objections with the President of the Senate, Vice President Dick Cheney to the certification of George W. Bush’s Ohio electors on grounds of voter fraud. Both Houses of Congress adjourned to their chambers, considered the objections and voted to reject them.
Obama’s electors were certified unanimously in 2008 and in 2012. He qualified under the 12th Amendment when his electoral votes reached the 270 needed for a majority.